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title: "A helpful column for teens and parents"
description: "Kelly Richardson is a Marriage and Family Therapist who works locally (in Sacramento, for those of you out-of-town).  She and I have emailed a bit, and I've been impressed with her work as a..."
url: https://rivercitycounseling.com/2011/08/16/helpful-column-for-teens-parents/
date: 2011-08-16
modified: 2011-08-16
author: "steved"
categories: ["Parenting Issues", "Relationship Issues", "Self-esteem"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# A helpful column for teens and parents

Kelly Richardson is a Marriage and Family Therapist who works locally (in Sacramento, for those of you out-of-town).  She and I have emailed a bit, and I’ve been impressed with her work as a therapist.  Her column “Teen Talk”appears on Tuesdays in ***The Bee ***and is a consistently solid resource for teens (although my guess is that the majority of her readers are parents.)  Today’s article is focused on a letter from a high school girl whose boyfriend just left for college in another state.

I think what she writes provides a good guide for how parents can guide their teens.  Her articles also provide an opportunity for dialogue between parents and teens.